Why do some people want to go back to the 1950’s? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 week ago by anthony@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As a queer person (agender) with a conservative dad, I don’t get why he says he wants to go back to the 1950s. What was so special back then besides his reasoning that times were simpler? I feel like it would be harder for me then as a queer person.

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[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's never about the real past for them. It's about the fake shallow image of the past they yearn for.

The 50s, yeah, when 'howl' was published and every single adult was on meth qaaludes cocaine and a BAC that would today get you rushed to the ER for just about every waking moment. But thats not what they remember. They get the simplified idealized propaganda version, and like it. Everything is fantasy rp to them.

Same with the crusades, early america, and everything else they like.

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